S.W.’s Scores
Continuity
+5
Entertainment
+5
Rewatchability
+4
CastBen Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
StreamingDisney+
S.W.’s Verdict
A trash-compacting robot on an abandoned Earth falls in love with a sleek probe and follows her into space. The first thirty minutes have almost no dialogue and are better than most films manage with a full screenplay. Pixar trusted the audience to care about a box with binocular eyes, and they were right. The second half shifts to a floating cruise ship full of obese humans, which is less subtle but still works as satire. The love story between two machines communicates more genuine emotion than most live-action romances.